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' object in askin tfii'un!! of such passages. | "THE LIBERAL MV; rIVE Uxtoy. Thjerefore' it W:l absurd to ar no'thut the G:\:: Now, the Liberai Conservative Union was day _ ment had omitted them topqom the Roman | by day, and week by week circulating, as . _ Catholics. He objected strongly to this ques-- -- campaigh sheets, copies of The Mail containing tion being made one of party p(fiitic., He would these utterances. 1t was not only The 'Ifiml rather not have the lfi?.\le read in the school which was making tlnj:se statements, They at all than have it turned into a political foot. were made by local Conservative organs all ' ball. Some of the arguments tfi:t had been | over the country. Np.t only that, but_, as part _ advanced on his side he did not altogether of their campaign literature they cireulated ] agree with, but he had no hesitation in sup. | . the " Ly lwh-i\,lo""'t Concordat. They were _ porting the Government. | sent _ out _ in packages by _ express, } Mr, SPRAGUE said. he was sorty that this | and when these packages were not _de-- | question should have been introduced. 'The | liverc"l they were ""t"j"'""'l to Mr. 1'",""!"8' _ question had been originally sprung upon the | ham, secrctul'y'of the Couservative Association, country only for political purposes, and he | Heran over Mr. Meredith's address to his _ _objected to its being brought into the House. | London constituents, paragraph by paragraph, _ _ He would, therefore, support the Govern. | criticising it, and contrasting many of the ment. statements made therein with what he claimed : Mr. PHELPS pointed out that of the two | Mr. Meredith knew to be the real state of millions of people living in Ontario only about | affairs. _ He charged that the address was 500,000 lived in cities, towns and villages, the | so penned _ that it _ might at . once remainder residing in rural districts. A great l le:ul_ people _ reading _ it _ to bel'?"e many Roiman Catholics were found in these | that? the charges made against the Gov-- districts, and they generally availed them--| erniment were true, and at the same time _ seives of the advantages of the Common Pub. wou!ld allow of his claiming tl:nt he hu(,l. not _ lie schools, and the ideas of the hon. gentle. identifiecd himself with the ** No.Popery " ery. men opposite, if carried out, would interfere He made numerous quotations from t.h?,pum- with the religious liberty of these Roman phlet, * The Lynch--Mowat concordant," com-- Catholies. menting with great severity on its contents. Mr, CRAIG said one of the prominent Hercferred vo Mr. Meredith's speech at Co: members of the Reform party had told him bourg, in which he spoke of the No--Popery that the Book of Scripture Readings was *"a cry, and I'H)'.L'(l that \\'l}CU thgre he did not re-- hard pill" to swallow. He did not know why | pudiate The Mu'l!, "']"Wh did raise the No-- there had been so much talk about the resolu-- _ Popesy ery, but Tux GroBe, which had never | _ tions as had taken place. It was unfair to raised it at all. s |__ charge that members of the Opposition were The hon. speaker claimed that he h"'fl proved not sincere in bringing forward these resolu. his point, viz., that the *'*No Popery " ery had tions. He, himself, was going to vote for been raised by the Conservative party, and them in all sincerity, and was sure the other that the leader of the Conservative party in members on his side would do the same. this House, had never repudiated that ery so Mr. MURRAY said members of the Con-- long as he thought it could do him any good. servative party objected that the majority of e theu took up the questions touched on in Roman Catholic votes had been cast for the | ie es > o clova: M+. »Meredit Reform party at the last election. Well ! t 'm' le_so.uu.«':u' ..Slh)ll!]tl,(;'ll by 3 Ir. .'l:n_e( ith, What of that ? 'They showed their good sense tray clllxlxg.lr¥.|'-l_1)' over txl.L"l'lli.ll:t'l'(n'l:; p:.:':..L.s u? in supporting a sound Government. The ma ; ::" l'w) .'}'"'l'"i"?"c Ob 'N"'_"'_'f"". 1 C on f,(' {.ority of votes in most Churches, including the | \_"I'L't', on ;" s ne! 'fl-ig'"l:l"'."{"'l'"'" 'l"":f_':tl )¥ Spiscopalian, in his riding, were cast for the | °YC* SWCU!Y J igh marrat durrcpien incomns yerers t * j fWine party; moreover, in 3:0 adjoining riding | !-tl.l)', }iupnmt.t\:r u':c'n if 'th'e (.uvcrmn\n'n'b s.)m'ul.d o his own, and in one or two other places he | "j';""'i. '"l';."" 'IL"'h"]hf"' o MAPROUT "} ublfc knew of the Roman Catholic clergy support-- | ?'{ M C lant C; 181;.":' * 6 'I"'g Nes 40. l.gp{mn. | ing the Conservative candidates, or at fie&sti C o is .\'t'm CS g'f'u d ".""!'b have to sup-- | »pposing the Government candidate. pox\; 't"l?l"?' f e e s schools instead of C p | rion. C. F. FRASER said that nothing more | ; i'_lt'_ '(,'."' _."1"1""'1 the adjournment of the | serious and harmful could happen to the | © e,l"'; t'u "n"l"'.', thed *h | Catholics of this Province than that the Pro-- | 1e Honge arljourned at 1:30 a. m. l testants should come to believe that the | rremeratanr apcms Catholies were endeavoring unduly to control the affairs of Ontario,. Therefore he was glad that the matter had come up at this time, away from the din and dust of party strife. _ He agreed that the speech of the member was |__ moderate, conciliatory and fairly tolerant. His only regret was that the hon. ¢ggentleman, when he was was appealing to be put into power, did not then take advantage of the many opportuuities offered him to make such a tolerant, conciliatory and fair--minded speech. He did not think it was necessary to have in-- troluso« into this subject so largely questio ns of religion. But the hon. gentlemen were re-- sponsible for it. 'They raised this cry, not because they had not thought it out, but be-- cause they had thought it out. He claimed that when it was stated that the Roman Catholic electors were a subject OF BARGAIN AND SALE between _ the _ (Govermment _ and the hierarchy, this was distinctly _ raising _ the No--Popery cry. Such _ statements as these were being made in The Mail day by day. Me proposed to show that the hon. fientlema.n and his friends had distinetly en-- d orsed these utterances of The Mail. The ; leader of the Opposition was a vice.president ? or a president ot